While all this Lebron James frenzy and madness is going on, i thought i should write a blog about Syracuse's mens basketball team. Now there are many speculations about next years roster as who are going to be the starters, who is going to step up and take the leadership role since Andy Rautins graduated and who is going to be our role player(s)? Most think that Coach Boeheim will start four of the main guys from last years roster consisting of Jardine, Triche, Joseph, and Jackson along with the freshman center phenom Fab Melo. There are also others who believe Boeheim will start freshman guard Dion Waiters to boost his confidence a little bit as he did last year with Triche. I honestly dont think Waiters will start, for the simple fact Jardine is going to be a Junior and just got named to the USA Select Team (congrats on that scoop) and plus he is just to good to come off the bench and he can't go from starting Triche one season to have him coming off the bench in the next season. So i strongly believe Dion Waiters is going to be one of our role players next year and give us a spark and instant offense from the bench. As well as Mookie Jones who has been waiting a good while to get his time to shine, he will also be another role player off the bench and possibly our three-point specialist, since that's what he seems to like to do whenever he saw playing time last season. Those two right there will most likely be our role players next season, but whoever doesnt get the starting center job whether its Fab Melo or Dashonte Riley, the other is pretty much guranteed to get quality minutes because of foul trouble most likely. So that gives us three main players off the bench, and yes im aware that seems crazy because of all the talent we still have just sitting here with Southerland, Baye Moussa, and Cj Fair who i believe will be Syracuse's star in the future in years to come. Everybody knows that Boeheim doesnt like to go to deep as playing a lot of players in a game, he usually likes to stick with 6-7 deep he honestly doesnt like to go to 8 but i think hes gonna have to next season due to all the talent we have. Maybe Boeheim learned his lesson tho last season when Arinze Onuaku went down with an injury and we had NOBODY to replace him, and if it wasnt for that injury im 99% sure Syracuse would have been national champions. So maybe Boeheim will open up the roster next season and try to utilize everybody and there talents so the same thing doesnt happen twice but who knows? I honestly think he'll just stick with the 8 man deep roster and that doesnt seem to bad either jus to be honest, but everybody has there own opinions. Anyways for the leadership role of the team, as you all or mostly everybody knows Scoop Jardine has said several times that he wants to be a leader next year, and quite frankly i think he deserves it. I mean scoop can do it all whether thats passing, playing good defense, penetrating to the hoop, or even shooting the three and plus he seems to be a Carrier Dome favorite as mostly everybody loves him, including myself. Unfortunately the ESPN officials seem to think differently as they believe that Kris Joseph should lead the team due to his wonderful and phenomenon offensive ability he has. Maybe both can step up and both be team leaders, because they always say two is better than one right? Having two leaders could be better when they both have the same mindset which is winning, but theres only one thing who's hands are they going to put the ball into when its crunch time becuase both seemed to make some clutch points when andy or wes couldnt but both also failed to convert in clutch moments a couple of times. They both are wiser, older, and more experienced so maybe they wont be so nervous if thats what the reason was. Obviously the projected starters are going to be PG-Scoop Jardine, SG-Brandon Triche, SF-Kris Joseph, PF-Rick Jackson, C-Fab Melo, with Waiters, Jones, and Riley coming off the bench. But if anyone thinks differently or has a different opinion, please feel free to express your mind about anything.